More than 900 gallons per acre
Located just outside Clogheen, a former barrack town and an area with more than its fair share of ‘big houses’, this residential holding comes with a very attractive 56,000 gallons of quota and 60 acres.
It’s been under tillage for the last 10 years, and is perfect for potatoes, says auctioneer Liam Mullins, who is handling the private treaty sale of Garrankyle House.
All in one block and with road frontage, the property is situated off a minor road in a very scenic setting, but it’s not remote, says Mr Mullins.
The farmhouse is a traditional, two-storey dwelling with lots of character, and has an adjoining old, cut-stone loft building.
In good condition and with modern fittings, the ground floor has a fitted kitchen-diner, a sitting room and home office, while overhead are three bedrooms and a main bathroom.
There’s a range of modern farm buildings, including a slatted shed of 60’ by 25’, a milking parlour, crush, calving boxes and two silage slabs, as well as a range of useful out-offices.
The land is all in one block and runs down to the River Tar, a tributary which joins the Suir close to the Waterford border. This area is the beginning of the Vee route, the astonishingly beautiful mountain pass to Lismore.
Beauty notwithstanding, Garrankyle is an excellent farm, says Mr Mullins, with dry, arable soil and a very healthy ratio of milk quota to land.
There should be strong interest from heavy hitting dairy farmers, he says, as demand for land with quota is still driving prices up.
He gives a guide price of €900,000, for selling in one block, but says he could be flexible, if required, and the house and some acres could be sold separately. There’s already been interest from tillage and local dairy farmers, adds Mr Mullins.
